Historically its been the higher qualifed go first...

 

Fair enough.

 

All of the above is spot on. Ive had a few revelations as I grow older and experiencing the furlough wagon twice in 5 years. I feel in retrospect it was a blessing I was on the street and forced to reinvent myself. My wife stuck by my side and I can only imagine how bitter I would have become had I had continued down the road attitude-wise I was traveling in this industry.
Now, I work for an ACMI carrier in a really caustic work environment and have learned how to put things in perspective commensurate with my last 5 years and current employer. I feel strong, positive and am ready to come to Atlas (pool letter 1/22, arm swimmies on) and begin this incredible journey with my new perspective. I am feeling very fortunate and blessed.
I cant help but think all of these events of the last 5 years haven't been to realign me to have a successful marriage and career. Looking forward to contributing to the pilot profession/brethren at Atlas and upholding the betterment of our contract.

 

Welcome aboard hope you have a class soon

 

Some people have mentioned that their email placed them in the "preferential" hiring pool, and others haven't used that term. So: Do all the good news emails say "preferential hiring pool"? If not, what does that term mean exactly to those that got it and those that didn't? Are those folks at the top of the list? Or are they on separate lists because they expressed a "preference" for one airframe over the other? Anyone know?

 

Mine says preferential. I think I remember an HR lady during the interview presentation mention that is the standard term they use.

 

Correct. HR at Atlas refers to it as the "preferential hiring list". The head of HR even said she only refers to it as a "pool" because that's the term that pilots stick with(as well as most other airlines). Everybody is saying the same thing, just using different terminology.

 

If the next two classes are 60-ish pilots each, maybe. Seriously, don't sweat it. 767 classes are running every three weeks. 747 took a break to catch up on OE, as that's the real bottleneck, but starts up again soon. Your numbers will come up soon enough, I think.

I wish I had that kind of insight, but I don't. I know from my interview group (of 12, how times have changed!) that we had a 747 driver who acted like they owed him the job; a military guy who didn't know beans about Atlas, but figured showing up was good enough; and an RJ guy who was kicking tires but not really into it. That said, we had two military guys who knew more about Atlas then than I do now; a 747 pilot who was confident but humble and was a great hire (and has now left Atlas for UPS), and plenty of RJ guys who wanted it bad and made it, myself included. And yet there were still some guys who seemed perfect but didn't get it.

All I can say is re-apply and see what happens.

 

The class sizes for the next few months are set. If they hadn't found enough qualified applicants, they would have interviewed more at the end of the month.

83% doesn't affect anything. Except that the Company probably won't interview again until March.

 

According to the info sent out the classes will be as follows:

2/1- 18/767
2/22- 18/767, 24/747
3/14- 18/24
4/4- 18/32
4/25- 18/24
5/16- 18/24
6/6- 18/32
And so on, until it changes.